AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA, VII.—GIRAULT. 119 
inner margins of the tarsi; posterior femora on lower side, posterior tibie and basal joint 
of tarsi on upper side foliaceously dilated, the tibize with two distinct spurs. Abdomen small 
and generally distorted after drying, the ovipositor when exserted short and recurved like that 
of a Pipunculus fly. The male differs chiefly in its clear wings, much less dilated hind legs 
and the six long branches of the antenne, which are inserted higher up on the head. 
1. NEOCLADIA HOWARDI Perkins 
Black with various metallic reflections, the antennz with the scape ferruginous, the 
rest more or less obscure, becoming black or dark fuscous towards the tip, as are the branches 
in the male. Front and middle legs more or less yellowish-brown in the female, the middle 
tibia darker, the base of their tarsi being pale, the tips blackish. Posterior legs dark, apex 
of femora white. In the male the legs darker but both sexes vary in this respect. Wings in 
female with apical half fuscous, paler near the tip and containing two white spots, opposite 
one another, the upper placed just beyond the stigmal vein, while there is a narrow transverse 
fuscous band before middle of wing and a more or less evident longitudinal one, extending 
from near base along lower margin of wing. Head dull, green or purplish and with large 
shallow punctures, the lower parts of the face often more shining, mouth-parts pale. Thorax 
somewhat shining, distinctly but not brightly metallic, clothed with short black hairs, with 
indefinite surface sculpture and excessively fine puncturation; scutellum above very dull, 
densely sculptured the decurved apex smooth and shining. Abdomen black, purplish at base. 
Length, 2-5 mm. 
Habitat: Bundaberg, Queensland. An internal parasite of a common jassid. 
Type: Query. 
PARACHEILONEURUS new subgenus. 
Differs from Cheiloneurus in lacking the postmarginal vein. The genotype is Cheiloneurus 
perpulcher Girault. 
GENUS PSYLLASPHAGUS Ashmead. 
1, PSYLLHPHAGUS METALLICUS (Girault). 
Aratus metallicus Girault. 
Female :—Length, 1.20 mm. Small for the tribe. 
Metallic green, the abdomen darker, the scutellum more or less coppery, the wings 
hyaline. Antenne brown, the scape and pedicel black. Legs black, the knees white (femora 
and coxe metallic), the tarsi brownish. Body densely, moderately roughly reticulated, the 
head and mesonotum with scattered, small, thimble punctures; axille a little separated. Mandi- 
bles with three teeth about equal; postmarginal vein about four fifths the length of the 
stigmal, the marginal punctiform. Funicle joints only slightly longer than wide, the distal 
ones subquadrate, the first smallest, not half the size of the pedicel. Club 3-jointed, two thirds 
the length of the funicle and wider. Ovipositor prominent, as in Ablerus. 
Lateral ocelli their own width from the eye margin. Face inflexed. Frons not especially 
narrow. Scutellum smoother than scutum and head. Type re-examined. 
Male:—The same but with metallic bluish on the head and thorax; the antenne light 
brown and with whorls of rather long hairs, the funicle joints more or less excised. 
Deseribed from six males and three females in the collections of the Queensland Museum 
at Brisbane, mounted on ecards labelled ‘‘Bred out of Eucalyptus. 5.8.11, Brisbane. H. 
Hacker’’ and ‘‘Gall No. 15.’’ 
Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 
Types: No. Hy 3051, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, one male one female on a single 
card. 
